Foolish Child #97: Kink at Pride
“Pride in June in central California means it’s guaranteed to be 105+ degrees Fahrenheit. I, too, would show my bare ass if I felt like being outside in that kind of heat.”
The Comment Awards Are Frying Pickles and Crushing on Anne Shirley
“As a Texan, I’m here to tell you: you can fry ANYTHING.”
The Comment Awards Are Really Into the Void
“The last quiz revealed I am Anne Lister’s boots. Now my gender is ‘a tiny piece of arugula stuck between Tilda Swinton’s teeth.’ I can see where this is coming from but I am starting to feel slightly concerned.”
The Comment Awards Are Going Back to High School
“Just surround yourself with dogs and keep chanting, ‘I was a lesbian in 1974.'”
The Comment Awards Are Paws Up for Prancer
“Does Girls Out of Hell describe the women I read about or me who intrigue me, live in my head rent free, and continuously pull me in like a moth to flame? Hell yeah!”
The Comment Awards Are Dancing In Anne Lister’s Boots
“I took the quiz twice and got Mr. Rogers’s sneakers and Anne Lister’s boots, which is the best (most aspirational) compliment I’ve ever gotten.”
Call For Submissions: How To Survive A Post(?)-COVID World
This series will offer real, practical knowledge to readers who are living through the pandemic’s aftershock. Deadline for submissions is May 7!
The Comment Awards Are Thinking About Tig Notaro In A Flightsuit
“I definitely played rugby with the 2004 version of the Hey Mamas lesbians.”
The Comment Awards Are Sometimes a Grumpy Loaf
“Has there ever been anything so relatable on this site?”
Smoochy Wow-Wow and 71 Other Names We Use for Our Pets in Private
“60. Beeperton”
The Comment Awards Are Just On Their Way To The Store
“…To get some bread…for toast.”
Call for Submissions: Trans Fiction, Trans Imagination
Here’s what I’m looking for: Short stories, 5,000 words or less. You, the author, must identify as trans. If you think you are trans, you are trans.
The Comment Awards Did Not Forget Lost and Delirious!
“I’m not picking raptor! I know what will happen if I pick raptor!”
The Comment Awards Are Having the Nicest Gay
“Say you were on a panel and the question came up. How would you explain it to Brie?”
You Made the Seemingly Impossible Possible: Thank You from the Senior Team
You are better than magic, you are real, and without you none of this would be possible.
Get Over 50% Off All Our Fundraising Perks To Celebrate Meeting Our Goal!
For one 24 hour period only, we are having a huge sale so that you can get more of these perks at a reduced, celebratory rate!
Are These Queer Word Magnet Expansion Packs The Coolest Things We’ve Ever Sold?
Did you know that Daniel Lavery, Emily m danforth, Esmé Wang, Gabrielle Korn, Grace Lavery, Kamala Puligandla, Leah Johnson and Roxane Gay gave us a list of their favorite words and we turned those words into magnets and now you can own them????
At One Point, It Saved My Sanity
This is more than a workplace where they’ll notify HR and we’ll all be polite about my pronouns.
$204k So Far with 70% of Gifts at $50 or Less!? You’re Really Impressive!
This one’s for the people who love a little data on a Friday!
The Comment Awards Are Going On A Celebrity Dream Date
“IS THIS MAGIC? WHERE DID YOU FIND MY JOURNALS???”